2014Annual Report
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2014 A nnua l Re p ort ONE MEAL A DAY. Everyone has a role in ending hunger in our community.® Leadership Message Financial Highlights Dear Friends and Supporters, We want to begin by thanking each of you for your continued dedication. Fiscal year 2014 was a record breaking year at The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB). Just over 51 million pounds of nutritious food REVENUE was distributed throughout eastern Massachusetts – enough for 43 million meals. While this is record Individual, Corporate breaking for GBFB, it’s still not enough to End Hunger Here. 16.4% & Foundation Contributions $13,584,632 Contributed Services More neighbors in our communities are struggling and, for many, the situation is so dire that they are 1.9% & In-Kind Gifts $1,586,871 forced to make difficult decisions on a regular basis. Can you imagine deciding between paying for groceries and rent or mortgage, between filling a critical prescription and dinner, or between paying 60.1% Food Donations $49,706,843 heating and electric bills and feeding your family? As these trade-offs are made, overall health and wellbeing are also sacrificed. 4.6% Other $3,840,768 During fiscal year 2014, GBFB expanded in areas that we are proud of and that will continue to be a priority. Of the 51 million pounds of food distributed, over 13 million was fresh produce. And, some of 1.1% Shared Maintenance* $901,344 that produce was purchased right in Massachusetts from local farmers, manufacturers and other vendor partners. Thanks to GBFB’s Registered Dieticians who evaluate each product, 81% of our total inventory 16% Government Funds $13,287,464 met the highest nutritional standards. TOTAL REVENUE $82,907,922 Beyond food distribution, we also consider it our responsibility to be engaged community members. Through various nutrition programs, the GBFB Nutrition Team spent a great deal of time in the communities we serve providing nutrition education and tips on how to prepare different types of food. We focused on seniors by establishing the Senior Hunger Initiative and by helping them to complete and submit SNAP applications so they can benefit from this resource. The Child Hunger Initiative was also established to continue our focus on the one in four children at risk of hunger in eastern Massachusetts. EXPENSES And, when Revere was hit by a tornado, GBFB partnered with the Red Cross to provide an emergency food distribution to help more than 200 families who lost their homes. 91.9% Program Services $76,968,848 Over the next fiscal year and beyond, we are committed to continuing to work toward our strategic 2.7% Fundraising $2,297,015 objective of providing One Meal A Day to everyone in need in eastern Massachusetts. Our 2014 and future accomplishments are only possible because of our dedicated friends, partners, volunteers, and 5.3% Management & General $4,468,069 supporters, like you. Together, we have made a difference in the lives of over half a million people in need. Our vision is a hunger-free Massachusetts and, together, we can End Hunger Here. TOTAL EXPENSES $83,733,932 Sincerely, ENDING NET ASSETS FOR 2014 $34,666,251 * SHARED MAINTENANCE: GBFB receives shared maintenance fees Catherine D’Amato Woody Bradford from its member agencies in order to offset the cost of handling and President and CEO Board Chair redistributing donated food, as recommended by Feeding America. 1 THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK 2014 ANNUAL REPORT THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 2 43 Millions Meals Closer to ONE MEAL A DAY At The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), Team GBFB works diligently and passionately to reach fundraising, food acquisition and food distribution goals. Each year, goals are carefully set using data that GBFB mines and tracks through mapping technologies to inform how much food should be distributed where. The 2014 distribution goal was 48 million pounds of food or 40 million meals, and GBFB closed the year dis- tributing just over 51 million pounds – 43 million meals. EXCEEDING a goal is reason to pause and celebrate. Yet, those 3 million pounds represent an additional 2,500,000 meals – meals our neighbors need to avoid hun- ger. EXCEEDING our goal is also reason to pause and remember that we still have a great deal of work to do. Progress has been made, and continued progress will be critical to reach our strategic objective of providing One Meal A Day to everyone in need in eastern Massachusetts. Photo above: Brown Bag distribution in Taunton A recent study of GBFB’s member agen- As a result, many clients are forced to make cies and clients revealed what hunger in eastern Massachusetts looks like, wellbeing at risk: and how extensive the work ahead is: • 61% had to choose between food and utilities • 64% of GBFB’s member agencies reported an (heat and electricity). increase in number of clients served. • 60% had to choose between food and rent/mort- • 91% of GBFB’s member agencies said a de- gage payments. crease in food received from GBFB would • 60% had to choose between food and medical have a major effect on their ability to serve cli- care. ents. • 31% had to choose between food and education. • About a third of the households receiving food assistance have at least one child younger Hunger is a rising and silent epidemic in eastern than 18 years of age. Massachusetts. We will continue to carefully track • Half of those served belong to the most vul- nerable age groups of children and seniors, many people in need as possible. We are focused on where proper nutrition is vital. our strategic objective of providing One Meal A Day • 72% of households need to use a food pantry to everyone in need and plans are already underway on a regular basis to have enough to eat. to reach 60 million pounds, or 50,000,000 meals, in the next few years. It’s an ambitious goal, but we know that with continued community support, we can End Hunger Here. 3 THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK 2014 ANNUAL REPORT THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 4 Direct Service Programs BARNSTABLE COUNTY Somerville Mattapan Clarendon Hill Towers: ABCD Mattapan Family Barnstable Mobile Market Service Center: Cape Cod Hunger Network: Somerville-Cambridge Brown Bag Brown Bag Elder Services: Brown Bag Roxbury BRISTOL COUNTY Boston Public Schools: NORFOLK COUNTY School-Based Pantry Fall River Department of Transitional St. Anne’s Food Pantry: Quincy Assistance (DTA): Brown Bag Ward Two Community Center: Direct Distribution Thomas Chew Memorial Brown Bag Roxbury Boys & Girls Club/ Boys & Girls Club: Mobile Market Yawkey Club: Thomas Chew Memorial PLYMOUTH COUNTY Kids Cafe Boys & Girls Club: Kids Cafe Bristol Community College: Brockton South Boston Mobile Market BAMSI - Dorn Davies Senior Center: Boston Public Schools: Brown Bag School-Based Pantry Taunton Boys & Girls Club of Brockton: South Boston Boys & Girls Club: The Episcopal Church of St. Thomas: Kids Cafe Kids Cafe Brown Bag Brockton Housing Authority - Dorn Davies Senior Center: ESSEX COUNTY Mobile Market VA Boston Healthcare System: Haverhill Veterans’ Mobile Market Merrimack Valley Elder Services: Brown Bag SUFFOLK COUNTY Lawrence Boston Merrimack Valley Elder Services: Department of Transitional Brown Bag Assistance (DTA): Lawrence Public Schools: Direct Distribution BackPack Lawrence Senior Center: Brighton Mobile Market Commonwealth Tenants Association: Brown Bag Lynn Greater Lynn Senior Services: Charlestown Brown Bag Bunker Hill Community College: GBFB CROSS DOCKS Lynn Public Schools: Mobile Market School-Based Pantry Charlestown Community Center: BRIDGEWATER Brown Bag Hosted by Pilgrim MIDDLESEX COUNTY Chelsea Cross Docks Transportation Everett Chelsea Public Schools: Serves 58 member agencies Everett Public Schools: BackPack Cross docks are a collaboration between The Greater Boston Food Bank and cross dock location partners to dis- BackPack Chelsea Senior Center: tribute food to member agencies located too far from GBFB to make regular pick-ups at our Boston warehouse. FRAMINGHAM Brown Bag Hosted by United Way Lowell Gerald and Darlene Jordan Club/ GBFB trucks deliver food to six cross dock locations in eastern, Massachusetts—Bridgewater, Framingham, Tri-County Lowell Public Schools: Kraft Family Youth Center: Harwich, New Bedford, Peabody, and Plymouth—where we work with our location hosts to unload and distribute Serves 17 member agencies BackPack Kids Cafe Lowell Public Schools: food to our member agencies served by the cross dock location. HARWICH School-Based Pantry Dorchester Hosted by The Family Merrimack Valley Elder Services: Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club/George Pantry of Cape Cod Brown Bag Robert White Youth Center: Cross docking is one of many initiatives that allows GBFB to operate more efficiently, while reaching more peo- Serves 32 member agencies Kids Cafe ple. The 60 cross dock deliveries made each month allow us to reach agencies within communities that other- Malden Boston Public Schools: NEW BEDFORD North Suburban Women, Infants and School-Based Pantry wise might not be able to access food from GBFB. They also increase efficiency for our member agencies by Hosted by Maritime Children/Hallmark Health Services: Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester: Mobile Market Kids Cafe addressing the cost and strain of vehicle capacity, long drives, fuel costs, and proper refrigeration equipment. Terminal - East Serves 15 member agencies Revere Jamaica Plain Veterans Services Department: Boston Public Schools: With the support of our partners, GBFB distributed more than 4 million pounds of food—more than 3.4 million PEABODY Mobile Market School-Based Pantry meals—to our agencies served by our cross dock locations. GBFB is grateful to our partners that go above and Hosted by High Liner Foods Serves 13 member agencies beyond to help us expand our capacity to provide nutritious food to more people in need.